One sport that I hardly ever cover in my blog, is women's basketball. But what the UCONN program has done as of late is definitely worth mentioning.
The UCONN women's basketball team won its 72nd consecutive game by defeating Syracuse last Sunday and is threatening the longest winning streak in sports history yet again. The lady-Huskies already own the longest winning streak in the history of women's college basketball, surpassing the previous record of 70 consecutive wins, also held by the Huskies (2002-2003). But the longest winning streak in sports history, would belong to the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team who won a record 88 straight regular season games from 1971-1974 under head coach John Wooden, better known as the "Wizard of Westwood."
But what's so spectacular about the lady-Huskies undefeated run, is that they've been in this position before having already reached the unheard of 70 game winning streak plateau. Not to mention the margin of victory that they've been winning by. During their current streak, no game has been decided by less than double digits, proving just how far ahead UCONN is from the rest of the competition. But despite the popularity the untouchable mark that the lady-Huskies have established, the streak definitely can't be good for women's college basketball.
After winning the 2009 national championship, the UCONN lady-Huskies were honored at the White House and met with president Barack Obama as seen here:
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